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Collection	Crafts Study Centre
Weaver	Ethel Mairet´s Workshop
Description	Woven stole or wrap, black and fawn eri silk, fringed
Decoration	Inlay pattern at borders
Id Number Current Accession	T.74.146
Location Creation Site	Ditchling, Sussex, UK
Subject	woven textiles, stole
Measurements	198 x 73 centimetres
Weave	plain
Dye	vegetable
History	Bought by Eve Simmonds while still on the loom.
Relation Exhibition	´A Weaver´s Life: Ethel Mairet 1872-1952´, Crafts Council Gallery, London and touring, 1983-1984 University of Bath 1977-1978 ´20th Century Craftsmanship´, Crafts Study Centre at Holburne Museum, Bath, 1972, exhibit number 113
Rights Owner	Managed by the Crafts Study Centre.
Style Period Period	1920s
Technique	hand-weaving
Process	Warp: black eri silk Weft: black and undyed eri silk Yarn: vegetable-dyed , hand-spun yarn Plain weave with crammed weft stripes Inlay pattern at borders and central ground in fawn eri silk. 24 e.p.i, 22 p.p.i.